My name is Ascanio Celestini
son of Gaetano Celestini e Comin Piera.
My father repairs furniture, both old and antique.
He was born in the Quadraro area and, as a boy, he was employed as an apprentice in a shop in San Lorenzo.
My mother was born in Tor Pignattara, as a girl she was a hairdresser in a shop where the King of Italy had had his hair cut, and at that time she danced the "liscio".
When she married my father she stopped dancing.
When I was born she stopped being a hairdresser.
My paternal grandfather was a carter in Trastevere.
After the accident he became seriously disabled,
he started working at the Iris cinema in Porta Pia.
He worked as a cleaner in the morning, as an usher in the afternoon and evening,
and as a guard in the night.
His wife's name was Agnese, she was born in Bedero.
I remember her making her shoes from old gloves.
My maternal grandfather's name was Giovanni and he was lumberjack with Primo Carnera.
My maternal grandmother was born in Anguillara Sabazia and her name was Marianna.
Her sister Fenisia, she used to remove spells and she used to tell witches stories.
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